Nonlinear dynamic buckling of stiffened FG-CNTRC cylindrical shells under axial compression

A semi-analytical approach of nonlinear dynamic buckling of functionally graded carbon nanotubes reinforced composite (FG-CNTRC) cylindrical shells stiffened by the ring or stringer FG-CNTRC stiffeners by using the Donnell shell theory with the geometrical nonlinearities in von Kármán sense is reported in this paper. The improved smeared stiffener technique is applied for FG-CNTRC stiffeners.